Teach your Toddler Colors
Toddler iPad Apps We Love: Fish School HD
Fish School HD absolutely rocks! My spirited toddler will happily navigate from game to game in this fantastic toddler app. Happy little fish help him practice his alphabet letters, numbers, shapes, colors, and matching. All the while, he improves his fine motor skills. If your toddler is anything like mine, you have to get Fish School HD. They will have a blast practicing all of their preschool skills!
From the Toddler App Developer
Welcome to Fish School HD – with letters, numbers, shapes, colors, matching, and more! Brought to you by the creators of Wheels on the Bus, an award-winning, educational iPhone app – featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, San Francisco Chronicle, Gizmodo, Discovery Channel, MSNBC.com, Wired.com, and Daily Candy.
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Help your Toddler Experiment with Colors in the Bath
When my boy got too big for the kitchen sink, my husband installed a bigger sink. This is because it is so easy to get other things done if he bathes in the kitchen. Our routine is to cook dinner while he takes a bath in the sink. I read recently that some spirited toddlers actually get wired up if they bathe too close to bedtime. So, now we do it before dinner.
Tonight, I added food coloring to several glasses. I put the glasses of colored water on a cookie sheet with an eye dropper, liquid syringe, spoons, etc. Having everything on a cookie sheet kept the mess down to nothing. I put the tray next to the sink so I could bathe him while he played.
At first, the eyedropper was his favorite. But, once he discovered the liquid syringe, it was all over. I had also cut up scraps of white rags so that he could do a little tie-dye thing, but he wasn’t into it.
As he played, we talked about the colors and what happened when you mixed colors together. Towards the end, he was explaining what he was doing out loud. “Some blue…Some red…”
Food coloring…$.99
Eye dropper…Free
A toddler happily learning his colors in the bath…Priceless
Talk about cheap toddler educational toys…
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Alphabet Magnet Learning Activities for Toddlers
Alphabet magnets are one of the most inexpensive and versatile products imaginable for a toddler. I purchased a big bag of multiple sets at a used clothing store for $1 and they play a large roll in a number of our educational activities.
Cups and Letters
Hide a different letter under each of three different colored cups. Ask your toddler to find the letter. “Hint…It is under the blue cup.” Then, mix up the cups and do it again.
Word Scavenger Hunt
Spell out a simple, household word (cup, spoon, etc.) in alphabet magnets on your refrigerator. Point to each letter to spell it out before saying the word. Then, have your toddler find the object.
Practice Pouring
Alphabet magnets are excellent for helping your toddler practice pouring. They are small enough that they pour, but they don’t make a huge mess.
Practice Sorting and Colors
Use a muffin tin or dixie cups to help your toddler sort the magnets by color.
Special Letter
Sometimes, when we go to the grocery store, I put an alphabet letter in a little plastic Easter egg. When we get to the store, my toddler cracks open the egg to see what the special letter is. Then, we spend the trip looking for that letter in signs at the store.
Picture and Letter Matching
Cut out some simple pictures from magazines. (Pictures without too much going on.) Then, help your toddler hang them up on the refrigerator using the letter that the object in the picture begins with.
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Toddler Color Scavenger Hunt (Free Activity Download)
Free Download - Color Scavenger Hunt Cards
Help your toddler practice their colors with a color scavenger hunt.
How to do this Toddler Activity…
- Print out the free color scavenger hunt cards on to heavy paper.
- Cut out the cards.
- Make sure that there is something in the child’s environment for each color. If, for example, you do not see something purple, either find something and place it in the room or remove the card.
- Explain the activity to your toddler. “Are you ready for a color scavenger hunt? I am going to show you a card with a color. Let’s see if we can find something in this room that is that color!”
- Show your toddler a card and say the color as they look around the room. “Can you find something that is blue? I see something in that corner that is blue.”
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Street Sign Scavenger Hunt
Whether you are walking around the neighborhood, strolling through town, or browsing at the mall; signs are everywhere. And, each one presents a new opportunity to help your toddler practice their ABC’s, colors, shapes, and symbols.
“Do you see something red?”
“I see the letter ‘S’. Can you find it?”
“What do you think that sign means?”
